This. Profoundly this.

I wish people would just realize this and strive to lift each other up instead of trying to one-up each other in the pity-demographic olympics.

Exactly. Different people have different challenges. A woman working in finance in NYC faces many difficulties, but so does man working at a gas station in Albania. It’s not a competition.

I’ve tried both, and being Myself is harder than being a man. More rewarding, but way way more effortful.